Students in my 11th and 12th grade English class are expected to complete the Independent Reading curriculum. Students will read at least two hours outside of class per week in addition to the required reading assigned in class. These minutes do not include IR time during class.
This assignment will require students to maintain an organized IR notebook as there will be IR Notebook Check every quarter (announced beforehand) in addition to Book Talks every quarter. Students are expected to have completed a new book every quarter and give a book talk (1-2 mins in length) on their book.
IR is not a time to be used as a study hall. Students may not read assigned novels that have been assigned for homework. Doing so will result in a zero for a given IR assignment and confiscation of homework, which may be picked up after 3:05 p.m.